The Fox Sports lead announcer has turned to Twitter to help keep his skills sharp by providing play-by-play of fans doing day-to-day activities inside their homes. MORE: Joe Buck is broadcasting everyday life events to stay fresh during quarantine So far, the results have been pretty hilarious. Dad hits kid with basketball: Thrilling marble race: Crazy-angle darts thrower: MORE: How athletes are ‘social distancing’ during coronavirus outbreak Backyard football: Golf trick shot: Dog retrieves football: We can’t wait to see what’s next....

Burrow was one step ahead of the social media reaction to his injury. The No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft showed promise this season that goes beyond the stat sheet. Burrow displayed all the intangibles — the toughness, swagger and leadership — that made him a Heisman Trophy winner and national champion at LSU. Despite a 2-7-1 record, the Bengals have a franchise quarterback to build around....

Settle for the best 3-point shooting night of the season, or stay on the court for the fourth quarter and a chance at history? "I asked him, he wanted out. So he did his job," Jason Kidd said. "I'm not a coach that's going to sit someone when they're hot." And Johnson was sizzling. Johnson made 10 3-pointers, most in the NBA this season, and scored a season-high 37 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 130-94 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night....

The Nets guard hit Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic with a crossover Monday night that may have caused Nurkic to re-evaluate every choice he had made in life up to that point. MORE: Who replaces Derek Fisher? | Knicks, Fisher never wanted each other That deserves to be on an And 1 Mixtape. But Johnson wasn’t done yet. With 1.3 seconds left on the clock and Brooklyn down two points, Johnson caught a pass at the top of the key and let it fly....

The former Cubs skipper is meeting with the Angels for their vacant position, ESPN reported, citing an unidentified source. Angels general manager Billy Eppler said the team will conduct traditional interviews with multiple candidates, although Maddon is the first known name to emerge. The search comes after the team fired Brad Ausmus after just one year when the regular season ended. He finished with a 72-90 record. The Cubs announced last week that Maddon would not return for 2020 after his contract expired at the end of this season....

Manchin agreed to a new policy package called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—a scaled down version of the $3 trillion deal once proposed—which aims to reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030, as well as lower health care costs and make a down payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation. The West Virginia Democrat’s decision arrived just two weeks after he previously objected to the full package and would only support the bills relating to health care and pharmaceutical prices....

The Clean Energy Performance Program (CEPP) is the focal point of President Joe Biden’s proposed climate change legislation. It would pay electric utility companies that switch from fossil fuels to renewable or clean energy sources and fine those that don’t. The CEPP requires Manchin’s support in the 50-50 split Senate to pass without GOP support via the reconciliation process. However, proposals to rapidly replace coal and gas-fired power plants with wind, solar and nuclear energy are likely to be scaled back because of the opposition of Manchin, a Democrat who represents oil- and gas-rich West Virginia....

Mixon clearly dropped the ball before he crossed the goal line, but replay officials missed it, giving the Sooners a huge break. MORE: What we learned from a wild Alabama-Ole Miss game Sadly, the blooper wasn’t the first time a player dropped the football before crossing the goal line. The boneheaded incident has happened numerous times, most recently with Clemson’s Ray Ray McCloud.

“How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over four years?” read the statement signed by Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski. Rogan signed a deal that was reportedly “worth more than $100 million,” with Spotify in 2019 to be the exclusive host of his podcast, according to CNBC. That deal has come under fire in recent weeks as clips of old episodes have resurfaced containing Rogan’s use of racial slurs and spreading COVID misinformation....

Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet reported that the extension is worth $18 million. Quenneville’s old deal was reportedly worth $2.75 million per year. MORE: ​ Projecting the World Cup of Hockey 2016 rosters | Blackhawks establish dynasty While information is not available for all 30 NHL coaching contracts, Quenneville and Mike Babcock are believed to be the two highest-paid coaches in the NHL. Babcock signed an eight-year, $50 million deal with the Maple Leafs during the 2015 offseason, a pact that changed the market for what NHL coaches could command....

Writing for The Washington Post, Bolton called the sacking of former defense secretary Mark Esper “utterly unjustified” and argued that “personal pique” had guided Trump’s decision to shake up his Pentagon team with only weeks left until he vacates the White House. The hawkish former national security adviser was himself fired from the Trump administration in September last year over disputes with the commander-in-chief. In the op-ed, Bolton wrote: “Trump is engaging in what could well be a systematic purge of his own administration, starting with the utterly unjustified firing of Defense Secretary Mark T....

The U.S. international suffered the injury in Saturday’s Bundesliga win over Wolfsburg, a game in which Brooks played the full 90 minutes. Goal’s Week 8 MLS Power Rankings​ According to Kicker, the 24-year-old complained of back pain after the game and was later diagnosed with a “muscle tear in the hip region.” Hertha’s Twitter account confirmed the injury Tuesday, saying Brooks will be out “for the time being.” Brooks has made 22 appearances in the Bundesliga this season, all of them starts....

It used to be those complaints were reserved for call-in radio shows or newspaper stories that would appear roughly half a day after the bracket was revealed. And then the internet allowed those reactions to become more immediate. And now there’s Twitter, so there’s not even the need to wait until all 68 teams are placed to begin the griping. MORE: Best and worst of the new coaching hires...

As part of his rigorous tour, he appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor," and as expected, Bill O'Reilly came off as having little to no clue about the subject matter. (Deadspin has the full video) Some samplings of O'Reilly's questions: MORE: Calipari explains ‘The Tweak’ | Willie Cauley-Stein to return The culture has coarsened. You teach at a public school, but it’s coarsened. I don’t know if you listen to this rap stuff and this hip-hop stuff, has that changed their attitude?...

The wrestler-turned-actor received heavy backlash on Weibo, China’s largest social media platform, after his remarks appeared online following an interview with Taiwanese television station TVBS earlier this month. “Taiwan will be the first country to see Fast & Furious 9. This movie is really great—and it’s huge,” the WWE superstar said on May 8. “You’ll be the first to see the film,” he added during Mandarin Chinese segment. The Fast & Furious movies are among the most popular franchises in Taiwan, but the films are an even bigger hit in the mainland Chinese market....

The Monty Python star, 82, fronted the “John Cleese in Conversation” event in Austin, Texas, on March 11, alongside fellow comedians Dulcé Sloan, Jim Gaffigan, and Ricky Velez, when the subject of colonization was raised. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cleese said to Sloan, who is Black, that the British gave her “free passage” to the U.S., in reference to slavery. He also said the British are owed reparations by Italy, a joking reference to the Roman conquest of Britain nearly 2,000 years ago....

In 2016, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky refused to hold hearings for then-Democratic President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. Cornyn was the GOP whip, effectively the party’s No. 2 leadership position in the Senate, and he supported McConnell’s decision. Cornyn called Obama a “lame duck” and said that election-year voters should have a say in the new justice by choosing the president who would appoint them, according to the Dallas Morning News....

For most healthy people, JC virus will not cause problems. The virus becomes inactive (dormant), and most people will never get sick from it—or even know that they carry it. However, people with weak immune systems are at risk of developing a serious, potentially fatal, illness if they get JC virus. When scientists figured out what type of virus it was, they renamed it polyomavirus 2—though many people still know it as JC virus today....

The Ravens took down the Panthers 20-3 on Saturday, tying the record set by Lombardi’s 1959-62 Packers with their 19th consecutive preseason win. Baltimore will have a chance to set the record next Saturday against Washington. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said some people will debate whether this is a meaningful record, but he believes that “everything has meaning in life.” “If you’re doing it and it’s worth doing and it matters, then it’s worth doing well,” Harbaugh said....

Hinckley moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 2016 after leaving a Washington hospital, but it came with court-ordered restrictions on his life. His attorney has argued that he should be granted an “unconditional release” because he’s adhered to the court-ordered restrictions on his life and no longer poses a threat. Prosecutors initially opposed ending the restrictions, but on Monday, attorneys told U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman that they’d reached an agreement with Barry Levine, Hinckley’s attorney....